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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

As the
Supreme Court issues orders to arrest the Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf in
Rental Power case, the ever-alive factories of conspiracy mindset have set in
motion in Pakistan.

Here
is the report:

Rental
Power: SC orders to arrest PM

“Supreme
Court of Pakistan (SC) has issued orders to arrest Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz
Ashraf in Rental Power case, Geo News reported. The SC directed the
authorities concerned to arrest 16 accused including the prime minister after
presenting challan within 24 hours. The chief justice ordered that all
concerned, regardless of their rank, who have been booked in the case be
arrested and if someone leaves the country, then chairman of NAB
(anti-corruption watchdog) will be held responsible along with his
investigating team," lawyer Aamir Abbas told AFP. "The sixteen
include Raja Ashraf," said Abbas, referring to Prime Minister Raja Pervez
Ashraf.”

If
one has got a conspiracy mindset, he has thousands of clues and links to connect
the Supreme Court’s orders with the toppling of the present government: e.g.
that the arrest orders are a result of a conspiracy against the present
government hatched by this or that entity.

Actually,
the conspiracy mindset is like a virus in the mind reproducing itself and
affirming its own propositions. No dose of anti-biotic rationality can fight
this mindset; until and unless that mindset develops immunity to this virus.

Otherwise,
if one is endowed with a constitutional mindset, a rational thinking approach,
he would behave differently, think differently.

As
long as there is a constitutional government in power; there is an independent
judiciary taking care of every un-constitutional act; there is a plethora of
electronic and print media outlets working autonomously; in short, as long as
there is a constitutional set-up intact; there is no fearing of the toppling of
the present government.

The Blogger

The blogger cherishes a cosmopolitan spirit; he is a moralist; a rationalist; a philosopher; a political philosopher; he believes in Classical Liberalism, as a Theory of Conduct.
He has substantially contributed to the founding of the first free market think tank of Pakistan, Alternate Solutions Institute.
He is a writer who wrote / published dozens of articles on a variety of issues, and is author of 4 books.
He wrote / published short-stories in Punjabi, a regional language of Pakistan.
He composes poetry both in Urdu and Punjabi, and has already published one collection.